Back Roads Studio Tour set for North Frontenac

Jeff Green | Sep 25, 2014

An autumn drive up the Ardoch, Buckshot Lake, or Sunday Lake roads is an attraction of its own, but this weekend there is an even better reason to drive in North Frontenac. On Sat. & Sun. Sept. 27 & 28, the first North Frontenac Back Roads Studio Tour will take place.

Centred in Plevna, the studio tour features 16 artists in 13 studios located all across the east and central portion of the township. The hours are 10 am to 4pm each day.

Jim Craig, a jeweller who lives near Plevna, is the tour's founder. He said that he organised it because he realised that “there are a lot of unrecognised artists in the Plevna area. People might be interested in the incredible work that they do,” he said.

The tour includes painters working in a variety of media, as well as carving, jewelry, fused glass, multi-media, cement work, quilts, an alpaca farm and much more.

There are also three different food establishments participating in the tour – Good Stuff Bakery in Plevna, Johnston Lake Organic's off River Road, and the Out of the Box chip truck at the corner of Hwy. 41 and road 506.

A studio tour map is available at any of the tour locations, which will be easily identified by signs, at the eateries, and online at the tour website northfrontenacbackroadsstudiotour.com

The website also includes artist descriptions, photos, and other information.

The trees have changed colour this week, making the weekend prime for viewing colours, and along the route are some of the most spectacular roadside vistas in the region, from the Hill above Pine Lake on Ardoch Road, to Mississagagon on 506, and all of Buckshot Lake Road.

And the art is sure to be beautiful as well.

For information, call Jim at 613-479-2464